Seasonality and interannual variations of northern hemisphere temperature: Equator-to-pole gradient and ocean-land contrast

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1086-1100

  Jain, Shaleen ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^a   Mann, Michael E ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EQUATOR-TO-POLE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; OCEAN-LAND TEMPERATURE CONTRAST;

CLIMATOLOGY;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033117444     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1086:SAIVON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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